ACCIDENT IN MANAWATU GORGE.
A FALL OF 60 FEET,
A serious accident is reported to have happened in the Manwatu Gorge, on Wednerday. While driving home from Pahiatua, about six o’clock in the evening, Mr and Mrs Bradley, of Ballance, were precipitated over a cliff in the Gorge, tailing a distance of about 60 feet. The horse sheid, and backed, and overturned the trap, which, with its occupants and the horse itself, went over together. Mrs Bradley sustained a very severe concussion of the brain and a fractured arm. Mr Bradley was practically, unhurt. Mrs Bradley was afterwards driven to the Pahiatua Hospital. She was dicovered to be in a very critical condition indeeed. In addition to the concussion of the brain and a broken arm she had also had a severe shaking and had sustained other minor injuries.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 962, 4 March 1911, Page 3
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139ACCIDENT IN MANAWATU GORGE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 962, 4 March 1911, Page 3
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